Sam Bowie

We all know the best Bulls draft. It may have been the best draft any team ever has had.

With the third pick in the 1984 draft, they reluctantly chose Michael Jordan.

Not that they weren’t pleased, but as general manager Rod Thorn said that June day as fans watched in the Hilton hotel ballroom, “We’ve taken a step in the right direction. Jordan isn’t going to turn this franchise around. I wouldn’t ask him to. I wouldn’t put that kind of pressure on him. He's a very good offensive player, but not an overpowering offensive player.

“If we had our choice between [Sam] Bowie and Jordan, we still would have taken Jordan,"”...

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